Acaricidal Effect of Spondias Mombin Leaf Extract On Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) Microplus Female Tick

The leaf extract of Spondias mombin has demonstrated anthelmlinitc activity against gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep and adult Haemonchus placei. The active ingredients are molecules that are structurally related to Haem and are hypothesized to function by biological antagonism of haem uptake. Considering that several ectoparasites of livestock are blood sucking, we hypothesised that their survival could be dependent on haem-uptake, The experiments were performed using the adult immersion tes